VM-1300B

VM-1300B

VARIOUS FIREMEN'S LADDERS ARE DEMONSTRATED. FIRE TRUCK DRIVES UP TO OPEN TRESTLE TOWER CONTAINING 6 LEVELS. USING LADDERS AND GOING FROM LEVEL TO LEVEL, FIREMEN CLIMB TO TOP AND "RESCUE" MAN AT TOP IN 2 MINUTES 20 SECONDS. CIRCA 1921

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"RESCUED" MAN IS LOWERED ON A SLING.

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SCENE OF "RESCUE", REPEATED FROM DIFFERENT ANGLE.

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FIRE TRUCK DRIVES UP TO TOWER, FIREMEN QUICKLY JUMP OFF AND GRAB RESCUE NET, HOLD IT AS "VICTIM" JUMPS FROM MIDWAY UP TOWER, INTO NET.

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FIREMEN PRACTICE SLIDING DOWN ROPE LIFELINE FROM SEVERAL STORIES UP TOWER.

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FIREMEN ON SWAYING AERIAL LADDER CUT WIRES HINDERING THEM.

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TWO FIRE TRUCK DRIVES UP TO TOWER, MEN JUMP OUT, SPEEDILY RUN UP 6 STORIES ON AERIAL LADDER DRAGGING HOSE WITH THEM.

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FIRE TRUCK PULLS UP TO TOWER, FIREMEN JUMP OFF GRAB HOSE AND BEGIN TO CLIMB 6 STORIES OF STAIRS, USING MORE THEN A DOZEN MEN. THEY GET TO TOP IN ONE MINUTE IN A REMARKABLE FEAT OF STAMINA.

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FIREMEN HAUL UP A 55 FOOT SECTION OF LADDER WITH ROPES, ATTACHE ONE END TO TOWER & LOWER OTHER END TO ADJOURNING BUILDING FORMING A BRIDGE.

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FIREMEN RAISE HOSE TO TOP USING ROPES AND HOOKS.

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POWER HOSE TRUCK DRIVES UP, FIREMEN SPEEDILY ATTACH HOSE AND BEGIN FIRING WATER SKYWARD. SCENE IS SHOWN FROM DIFFERENT ANGLE.

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AERIAL HOOK AND LADDER AND HOSE TRUCK DRIVE UP TO BUILDINGS. AERIAL LADDER WITH POWER HOSE AT TOP IS RAISED AND WATER SHOOTS OUT HIGH ABOVE ROOFS OF FACTORY AND HOMES IN BACKGROUND.

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FIREMAN CUT BARS ON WINDOW WITH TORCH. FIREMAN WITH GAS MASKS AND OXYGEN TANKS ENTER BURNING BUILDING THROUGH WINDOW ONCE BARS ARE REMOVED.

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FIREMEN HAND OUT BODY OF UNCONSCIOUS "VICTIM" TO MEN OUTSIDE WINDOW. ADMINISTER OXYGEN, MAN BEGINS TO SHOW SIGNS OF LIFE.

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FIRE CHIEF CALLAHAN OF DETROIT WITH WHITE MUSTACHE POSES. GROUP OF FIREMEN POSE FOR PHOTO.

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